New Friends

COWBOY

Me, Cowboy, at Dodge Ridge

Hi!  My name is Cowboy and I am almost 14 months old.  I think I am doing pretty great for 14 months... people say Aussies, I am an Australian Shepherd, are hyper, but I like my naps as much as the next guy!  And I love snow!  This is a picture of me up at Dodge Ridge Ski Resort.  My owners take me up there and let me run around for a few hours at a time.  Snow is so great!  You can stick your nose in it and toss it around, and it is awesome for digging!  I live with a cat too - his name is Cleetus.  I think he really likes to play with me but he is scary sometimes.  He has a fast left hook and does NOT like it when I get loud.

CLEETUS

Check out my face... pretty tough right?

 Hey.  I'm Cleetus.  No one knows how old I am but I will tell you I am a bad ass Maine Coon.  I was living in Texas but I guess after I kicked all the animals asses there I got to move to California where for several blissful years I had my owners all to myself.  It was great.  I loved running up to the car to greet them when they got home and they would spend hours petting me and talking to me.  I read the news on the computer every morning on my dad's lap... then came that little puppy.  I seriously had to show him who was boss.  I came close to ripping his eyes out a few times, but I just couldn't do it.  It's hard to tear the face off of something that happy and PERSISTANT.  I'm old man, and he is always jumping around.  I think he LIKES it when I swat at him now.  I will say one thing, I think my owners feel guilty cause all I have to do is meow when they open the fridge and I get some good stuff.  For an added bonus they yell at that Cowboy if he tries to take my special treats...sometimes I eat really slowly to see if he will get in trouble, but sometimes he gets my food instead.  I used to hate him but I guess he's alright now.  He's pretty good for warmth sometimes... and entertainment if I am in the mood.

I'm ecstatic. Can't you tell? 

I actually had a pretty good Christmas.  Cowboy got way more stuff than I did, but I don't care.  He took my toy and catnip - what is that stuff anyway?  Doesn't seem that great to me.  

Wait, I have more...

Oh! ME ME ME!  Check this out - they LOVE when I do this!  They say "BEG" and I get some really good food.  I thought I was gonna get this plate of human stuff, but they only let me lick it later. 

 Also, this is my best friend, Buoy.  Look at him, he is probably doing something embarrassing in this photo because he is younger than me but I love him!  We love to play chase!  Well, I prefer if he chases me actually.  It gets kind of boring to chase him.  And TUG!  Tug is so fun!